• Home
  • Village at Piney Falls
  • The Grand View Academy
  • Grand View Normal Inst.
  • GNI Student Organization
  • Heritage Foundation
  • Residents Photo Gallery 1
  • Residents Photo Gallery 2
  • Residents Photo Gallery 3
  • Early Homes
  • Forgotten Places
  • Exploring Nature
  • Piney Falls
  • Introduction to S/T List
  • Links to S/T List
  • S/T List ABCD
  • S/T List EFGH
  • S/T List IJKL
  • S/T List MNOP
  • S/T List QRST
  • S/T List UVWXYZ
  • Principal Photo Gallery
  • Teacher Photo Gallery
  • School Building Photos
  • Courses of Study
  • Graduation Day Photos
  • Campus Scenes
  • Student Organizations
  • Baseball Teams
  • Student Group Photo 1
  • Student Group Photo 2
  • Student Group Photo 3
  • GNI Paper Ephemera
  • GNI Post Cards
  • Earle Ensign Dickson
  • Enoch Pomeroy Searle

Charles Bement Riggs - 1884-1885

Reverend C. B. Riggs was born in Elmira, New York, on December 28, 1854. In 1878, he graduated from  Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. Shortly after completing studies at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, he married Ida Jesse Walker of Strasburg, Pennsylvania.  One year later, during the summer of 1884, Reverend Riggs arrived in Grand View with his wife and infant daughter to serve as the first Principal of the new Grand View Academy.  He taught Languages, History and Natural Sciences, while his wife instructed  in Vocal and Instrumental Music.  At the conclusion of the 1885-1886 school year, the Riggs family departed Grand View, only to return in 1894.  Reverend Riggs suffered poor health for most of his life, and his return to Grand View was an attempt to slow his deteriorating condition. Mrs. Riggs did her best managing a sickly husband and four children on a meager income, but by 1900 the task was too great.  The family left Grandview during May of that year, arriving at her brother's home in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 21.  At 45 years of age, Reverend Riggs died from tuberculosis five days after arriving in Indianapolis, and his body lies at rest in the city's Crown Hill Cemetery.  Mrs. Riggs survived her husband by nearly four decades, passing away at the age of 80 years on January 17, 1937, in Newark, New Jersey.  She is buried at the Strasburg Cemetery in Strasburg, Pennsylvania.



Principals 1886 - 1921

A. E. Palmer 1886-1888

W. F. Cameron 1894-1895

A. E. Palmer 1886-1888

R. E Dickson 1889-1893

W. F. Cameron 1894-1895

A. E. Palmer 1886-1888

W. F. Cameron 1894-1895

W. F. Cameron 1894-1895

W. F. Cameron 1894-1895

Rev. Henry Webb 1895-1897

Rev. Arthur V. Woodworth 1905-1913

Rev. Hiram Luther Hoyt 1898-1904

Mathematics, Greek, Civics,

Mental Philosophy

Rev. Hiram Luther Hoyt 1898-1904

Rev. Arthur V. Woodworth 1905-1913

Rev. Hiram Luther Hoyt 1898-1904

Greek, Civics, Pedagogy, Bible Study 

 Political Economy, Moral Philosophy

Rev. Arthur V. Woodworth 1905-1913

Rev. Arthur V. Woodworth 1905-1913

Rev. Arthur V. Woodworth 1905-1913

Psychology, Pedagogy, Bible

Rev. Raymond A Fowles 1914-1916

Rev. Raymond A Fowles 1914-1916

Rev. Raymond A Fowles 1914-1916

Psychology, Pedagogy

P. S. Ault 1917-1918

Rev. Raymond A Fowles 1914-1916

Rev. Raymond A Fowles 1914-1916

Frank C. Buck 1918-1919

Rev. Raymond A Fowles 1914-1916

Frank C. Buck 1918-1919

Rev. James Milo Hinds